>CARR
>>Eloah is used only in Job (AFAIK) and appears just to be a poetic
>>variant of El, according to my commentary. Elohim is not the plural of
>>Eloah.
>ADNAN
>Carr, Jochen claims the above statement is false :-(
>KATZ
>Adnan's friend should get himself a decent Bible dictionary
>and concordance before making too many such embarrassing mistakes.
>No, it is not only in Job, it is for example in:
>Isaiah 44:8, Deuteronomy 32:15,17, Psalm 18:31,
>Habakkuk 3:3, 2 Chron. 32:15, Proverbs 30:5
>Yes, it is most prominently in Job, but not only.
CARR
Of course, I don't know Hebrew at all, but I wasn't too far out. All of
the above are indeed poetry except 2 Chron 32:15, which is attributed
to that well known expert on Jewish theology, Sennacherib. Eloah in 2
Chron. 32:15 is not referring to the Jewish god at all, if that means
much.
What is this dispute about anyway? Is Jochen Katz trying to prove that
Israel had lots of female gods? He admits that Elohim is mostly
conjugated with a singular, but occasionally with a plural, so he has
conceded Yoel's point that Elohim is not a plural word.
We can say 'The sheep is' or 'The sheep are', but never 'The cats is',
so we can tell what is a plural word quite easily.
What is Katz's point?
I'll let Yoel deal with this from now on, as I am speaking from a
position of almost pure ignorance (What, again?, I here people say)
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